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“Of The Roan and Birch”

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“Of The Roan and Birch”

Medium: Oil on Linen

Painting Dimensions: 12 x 12 in.

Framed Dimensions: 20 x 20 in.

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     Ever since I was young, the mountains have drawn me with a magnetism that is nearly impossible to describe. It is a longing that thrums and pangs like a hoped-for love that was lost, or suddenly hearing of the death of a once close and dear friend. Nearing them feels like the deepest memory in a dream, that is yet solid, tangible, perilous, and oh so present and real. I keep trying to grasp in paint what it means and how it feels. I think no single painting will ever embody it fully, but maybe a piece of it will be in each new attempt.
     This painting of twisting Yellow Birch among tall alpine sedge in the Roan Highlands conveys something of that feeling: of being at home in a place that has been lost, of being called further on by whispers towards something I know is there but can’t quite remember.

Presented in a lovely and bold hand crafted traditional float frame, with 14k gold water gilded inner crown accentuated by a dark finish over a warm red bole.